Silvio Berlusconi expelled from Italian parliament over tax fraud

Nov 28, 2013

Rome The Italian Senate expelled Silvio Berlusconi over his tax fraud conviction on Wednesday, drawing a defiant response from the veteran centre-right leader who vowed to continue leading his party and fight on outside parliament.The vote, after months of political wrangling, opens an uncertain new phase in Italian politics, with the 77-year-old media billionaire preparing to use all his extensive resources to attack Prime Minister Enrico Letta's coalition government."We are here on a bitter day, a day of mourning for democracy," Berlusconi told several thousand supporters from his ...